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Glassine Paper | 25 lb. | 10 Sheets 9 x 11 3/4 in. (22.5 x 30 cm)

A neutral pH translucent and nonabrasive, coated paper. Glassine paper does not leave fibers stuck to a surface after being in contact with gilded and painted surfaces. Ideal for use to protect gilding when burnishing gold or other metal leaf, and as a slip sheet for storing artwork.

How to Use Always allow at least a few hours after you've applied the gold leaf to the gilding base to do any burnishing, and even then test the quality of your gold coverage. Waiting allows the leaf to securely adhere to the gilding base, and allows the base to dry so that it will not be damaged by the pressure applied during the burnishing process.

Take a small square of glassine paper, cover the gildered area with it, and while holding it down with one hand, rub a side of the burnisher lightly over the surface of the gilding with your other hand. Burnishing with the glassine paper helps you find any uneven area on the surface, that is small spots where the gold might not have adhered well or where less gold adhered than in other areas. After burnishing these spots will appear as dark patches through the glassine paper; the paper helps you to see where there are spots or irregularities in the gilding. Repair any faulted areas or uneveness by adding more gold.

After twenty-four hours the gilded area is dry enough to withstand direct burnishing. Begin by again burnishing through the glassine paper to test the hardness of the gesso. Hold the paper and the burnisher in the same manner as described earlier, and apply increasing pressure onto the surface of the gilding, feeling for any softness or tackiness in the gilding base. When you are confident that it is quite dry, you can burnish directly onto the surface of the gold, applying at least as much pressure as you did when polishing the gilding base surface.

Natural Pigments

Natural Pigments is a limited liability company based in Willits, California. We manufacture and distribute rare and hard-to-find materials for fine artists and decorators. We specialize in supplying artists' materials that were used in historical painting since pre-historic times up to and including the nineteenth century.

We constantly search for materials and products of the finest quality so that we can bring them direct to you from the source. To do so, we travel the world to find materials specifically for use by professional artists and decorators. We obtain minerals from mines in Afghanistan, Chile, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, to name a few places, processing these into natural pigments. We purchase resins, gums and plants from India, Kenya and Malaysia to make natural varnishes and painting mediums.

Our mission is to provide the largest variety of natural pigments, paints and other professional artists' supplies, enabling us to bring you a selection that makes shopping for rare and hard-to-find art materials easy. Our objective is to promote the education and use of these materials among artists by providing detailed information for their employment in encaustic, fresco, oil, watercolor and tempera painting.
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Product weight:

25.00 lbs

This product is shipped from our warehouse in Gretna, NE, USA.

This product is brand new and includes the manufacturer's warranty, so you can buy with confidence.

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